Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, there existed a species called homo sapiens. They had an enormous amount of processing power, an excellent ability to match patterns, and a level of consciousness and self awareness that had never existed before. They understood many of the things they saw in the world, but others…

In poker there’s an ideal called “tight and aggressive”. The idea is to play a very small selection of hands, but to then play those hands very aggressively. You play a small selection because many hands are statistical underdogs no matter how well you play them. You’ll get lucky here and there, but in the…

It’s midnight and I’m on my cot in a tent on the island. It’s quiet now, just small waves slapping the rocks and jokes between me, my cousins, and my friend Nick, When we wake up, it will be very windy and possibly rainy. There’s a hurricane en-route, which is expected to weaken to some…

In each of our minds is a gradient of activities, ranging from things we definitely won’t do (finance a Ferrari), things we’ll definitely do (drink water today), and everything else in between. There’s something special about those things at the extremes, the things we will and won’t definitely do. It’s nearly impossible that theey won’t…